Pln6

This year I was the new kid coming into high school and I really didn't know what to expect. I was at a new school, out-of-district, and I really didn't know anybody. But so far this year has been great because I'm not the new kid any more and I have made lots of friends. How I did this so quickly was simply getting involved. When you are the new kid, you tend to build barriers and stick to yourself. What helped me get around those walls was soccer. When tryouts began for soccer, I had made a few friends but not enough; as tryouts went on I built strong bonds with my whole team. Outside of tryouts my friends were my teammates and I expanded from there. It didn't take long to start meeting new people with the help of my team. For incoming freshmen next year my only advice is to get involved!

In the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Conell it told the story of a hunter becoming the hunted ,after falling of his ship and finding a mysterious island with the great general zarnoff hunting hi for amusement.

In the article, "The New Literacy, " by Clive Thompson, he talks about how technology is helping our society.  The main topic of the article was how the Internet is making our generation more literate, not less literate as many (older) people assume.  Basically, the author maintains that just going on the Internet to different Web sites and reading plus using social networking sites such as FaceBook, where people interact and correspond through words, gives people more exposure to literacy than in pre-Internet days.  The only drawback to things like texting and Twitter is that you "aint" learn how to spell "rite."

Pln4

In the video "machines are using us " it gave fast info about the raped progress of the Internet and how its increasing our communication. How ever, it was confusing because it did not talk about how the machines are using us. The only thing that mattered in the video was the info about the future of communication further more it gave confusing range of words at a high speed pace leaving a reader baffled and confused.

What matters miles

 

What matter s to me are my friends, my family, and soccer, these are some of the most important things in my life right now. 

 

Friend’s mater to me a lot, and they play a big role in my life. Coming to a new school out of district I really didn’t know any body but as more and more people started reaching out to me the school seemed less big and less lonely. Now I have a good group of friends and we are all hanging out all the time and i'm still making new friends all over the place.

 

Another thing that matters to me is family. My family is my mom, my dad, and my sister they matter to me because they watch over me and all that other family stuff. My little sister has always got my back and has helped me through some tuff times and im sure that I matter to her as much as she matters to me. My family will always matter to me and lead me on the right path to success.

 

One of the things that matter to me on a more unique scale is soccer. When I began playing soccer at the age of 4 I had no idea that it would take me through so many things in my life. By the time I could start making my own decisions about things like what to where I was 13 and had lodes of experience with the game by then and I had made many friends along the way. In high school this year my first friends at the school I met at soccer, but soccer to me isn’t just about the friends it’s also about the love of the game.

 

All these things play a big role in my life and they matter to me the most.

 

Pln3

Parker Engel's blog on the gender article had an explosive start and a strong finish, making his point without giving away any personal opinions.  Parker and I shared a common thesis - that the gender article was sexist.  One thing I would have changed however was the frequent use of the word "and" in the middle of the blog.  This was somewhat distracting to the reader.  His topic drifted a little bit but other than that it was a stellar article and I thought he did a good job. 

Pln2

In the article "Women raising the bar in collages" by Tamar Lewin, it talked about how women are doing better in school in general compared to the average guy. this article was written in a sexist tone against guys because half the article was about the reasons that guys get worse grades than girls . (quote) 'guys spend more time socializing than studying" many guys spend time socializing with girls their are two genders socializing here not just guys.